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Great Expectations (1946)

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From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Cast & Crew

Director
David Lean
  • Profile picture of John Mills
    Pip John Mills
  • Profile picture of Valerie Hobson
    Estella Valerie Hobson
  • Profile picture of Tony Wager
    Young Pip Tony Wager
  • Profile picture of Jean Simmons
    Young Estella Jean Simmons
  • Profile picture of Bernard Miles
    Joe Gargery Bernard Miles
  • Profile picture of Francis L. Sullivan
    Mr. Jaggers Francis L. Sullivan
  • Profile picture of Finlay Currie
    Abel Magwitch Finlay Currie
  • Profile picture of Martita Hunt
    Miss Havisham Martita Hunt

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Keywords

  • london, england
  • based on novel or book
  • escaped convict
  • orphan
  • spinster
  • 19th century
  • benefactor